Promote Lifelong Learning: Promoting cultural impact across broad civic, cognitive, and emotional development and social
Support culture as an engine for a creative objectives — connections with everyone from our youngest economy, attracting and participants to our most senior of residents. retaining diverse residents, Position culture as an integral and public-private part of Prince George’s County’s partnerships overall municipal initiatives: This Study makes recommendations for business attraction and retention focusing on actionable policies and procedures that County and local partners can implement to help direct future development and business growth in a way that meets the County’s planning goals, budgetary constraints, and resident needs. The study proposes a menu of options for public-privatenon-profit partnership structures and collaboration opportunities to pool resources and capacity to achieve shared objectives.
This study provides opportunities to serve County objectives by creating jobs, attracting businesses, drawing additional visitation, and spending from people who live outside of the County, raising land values, and increasing the County’s tax base. The study of cultural arts in the County increases the potential for tangible Prince George’s County Planning Department
This study’s success will be amplified when connected with initiatives guiding other areas of the County. Cultural policy can have implications for economic impact, neighborhood revitalization, cohesive physical communities with thriving public spaces, smart growth, and environmental sustainability. This study evaluates the potential feasibility of other common economic development tools such as grant programs, loan programs, tax abatements, brokerage assistance programs, and public realm and infrastructure improvements.
and actionable opportunities to build capacity through creative collaboration. Integrated marketing, broader funding options, private/public partnerships, and shared service opportunities are just a few of the economic reasons for developing alliances across organizations and sectors.
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